By Michael Hobson
The word circulating among major league teams is that the Toronto Blue Jays, eager to make a trade, are restricted by ownership’s unwillingness to take back any salary. If so then Rogers Corporation is doing a tremendous disservice not only to its fan base but its clientele as well.
The members of the board for Rogers Corporation need to understand something—owning a baseball team is not merely a business. It is not ... Read More …

by Michael Hobson
Congratulations are in order for Alex Anthopoulos, Paul Beeston and all the others involved in the management of the Toronto Blue Jays. They have succeeded in turning the winter after another season of mediocre baseball into a period of anticipation and hope for the upcoming year. All I have to say is…about freaking time.
An entire generation of baseball fans have grown up without knowing what it feels like to ... Read More …

By Michael Hobson
There were two reasons Major League Baseball initially created inter league play—so fans could have an opportunity, over the years, to see each team play in their home city and so inter league rivalries could be cultivated. Sometime during the sixteen year lifespan of inter league play fans lost the opportunity to see all the teams—the Phillies have been a Blue Jay opponent three straight years—and now baseball has decided that less ... Read More …